The phrase "a slight recent" is not correct and does not make sense in written English.
It seems to be an attempt to describe something that has occurred recently in a minor way, but the combination of "slight" and "recent" is awkward.
Example: "There was a slight recent change in the schedule that we need to address."
Alternatives: "a minor recent" or "a small recent".
Despite a slight recent upturn, plastic bag use by weight is down 39% since 2006.
Given a slight recent dip in his career, he and his handlers might well have thought to inject some edginess or danger or signs of adult pop star character into his image.
We have all of the 2nd-time entrepreneurs from Overture, CitySearch, MySpace, etc. on to their next companies and that produced Demand Media, a public company who even with a slight recent reduction in share price is still trading at $1.3 billion.
However, states employ 39,000 fewer people than a year ago, and the slight recent improvement is unlikely to be confirmed.
It is hard to know what is behind this slight recent shift, but it may be due to greater public awareness of the risks of drinking.
Despite a slight slowdown in recent months, China continues to invest heavily in the future.
The viewing figures are a slight rise on recent episodes which have been watched by around 5 million.
Though the dropout rates and test scores have both shown a slight improvement in recent years, as the economy has improved, it is too early, experts say, to conclude that the change reflects real progress in the school system.
Only a fifth express much faith in political parties and only a quarter in the Congress and the courts though in both cases that is a slight improvement on recent years (see chart 3).
While ice-pick crimes were more prevalent in the days before refrigeration, when the iceman delivered large blocks of ice to homes, they have had a slight uptick in recent years.
A report from NHS Wales and the Welsh government published in 2015 said the percentage of patients registered with their GP for asthma and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) was greater than in England – and there had been a slight increase in recent years.
